Disciple Li Xuanxiao, I Request the Sect Leader to Die!!

"What about evil? Should evil be destroyed?"

A melodious bell chime echoed through the clouds.

Li Xuanxiao walked through the misty mountain peaks, holding a square box.

Voices continuously sounded from the ancient, black square box: "Evil cultivators? Must evil cultivators die?"

"You Shushan claim to be righteous, so why can't you try to save me?"

"The Buddha said, 'Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha instantly.' Even the Buddha is willing to give us a chance to repent."

"..."

Li Xuanxiao's expression was indifferent, and he continued forward.

Three Lights Divine Water flowed down the mountain, and throwing this box into it would completely kill the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord within.

"Don't you want to know why your Senior Disciple, when he came here before, stopped halfway and brought me back to Shushan instead of throwing me into the Three Lights Divine Water?"

Li Xuanxiao did not answer.

The Heaven Devouring Demon Lord clearly grew anxious. "Your Senior Disciple has exceptional talent, a once-in-ten-thousand-years, ancient, and rare prodigy. Don't you want to know why he didn't complete his mission at the last moment?"

Li Xuanxiao remained silent, walking step by step, his pace quickening.

Heaven Devouring Demon Lord: w(ﾟДﾟ)w!!!

As expected, even a Demon Lord couldn't withstand the silent treatment.

"Fine! I'll tell you now. It's because I and the Grand Ancestor were sworn brothers back then. We made a great oath to live and die together, and linked our fates. Now, if I die, your beloved Grand Ancestor will also die!! Think of your Grand Ancestor. He raised you since you were young, treating you as his own. Can you bear to kill your Grand Ancestor? How will you face your fellow disciples when you return, having personally killed your Grand Ancestor!!"

The Heaven Devouring Demon Lord almost roared.

Li Xuanxiao had already reached the Three Lights Divine Water.

These three innate divine waters – Sunlight, Moonlight, and Starlight – were each a unique and rare divine water, as well as a supreme poison.

Sunlight Divine Water wore away flesh, blood, essence, and bone.

Moonlight Divine Water corroded the primordial spirit and soul.

Starlight Divine Water dissolved the true spirit and consciousness.

Even an immortal who had attained Grand Unity would lose a layer of skin upon contact with them.

The Heaven Devouring Demon Lord naturally feared them immensely.

Li Xuanxiao's gaze was firm. "My Shushan disciples take it as their duty to subdue demons and uphold the Dao. Heaven Devouring Demon Lord, you have harmed countless lives. That you are alive today is half your own fault and half due to the indulgence of my Shushan Sect Leader. The Grand Ancestor, as the Shushan Sect Leader, was swayed by selfish desires. Now, even if he dies, it is a death well-deserved, making amends for his past sins."

Heaven Devouring Demon Lord: ...

This... this is different from what the other Shushan disciples said before.

"Without desires and emotions, are people still human?" the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord immediately reacted. "I don't believe you have not a single evil thought!!" Even the Shushan Senior Disciple, with his formidable cultivation, had his evil thoughts provoked by the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord. This disciple before him was doing it with such ease. Immediately, the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord began to probe Li Xuanxiao's evil thoughts.

The Heaven Devouring Demon Lord deserves to die! Kill the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord! The Heaven Devouring Demon Lord deserves to be cut into a thousand pieces; dying like this is too good for him. Cut into a thousand pieces, a thousand pieces!

Heaven Devouring Demon Lord: ...Such great evil thoughts. Although the evil thoughts were great, the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord dared not provoke them. If he didn't provoke them, he would die. If he provoked them, he would likely die even faster!! This was a brilliant scheme, turning a straightforward path into a dead end.

Li Xuanxiao formed a hand seal. "Disciple Li Xuanxiao requests the Sect Leader to meet his death!"

Heaven Devouring Demon Lord: "Don't you even ask if your Sect Leader is willing to die? I know him too well. He still has many regrets, he still wants to become an immortal, he... he... he... he has a first love!!" The Heaven Devouring Demon Lord was truly desperate. "This is moral blackmail, do you know that? How can you casually sacrifice others to satisfy your own selfish desires!" The Heaven Devouring Demon Lord began to accuse Li Xuanxiao morally.

Li Xuanxiao merely replied indifferently.

"Enough nonsense, get in the water!"

Heaven Devouring Demon Lord: "No..."

The square box landed in the Three Lights Divine Water, accompanied by a heart-wrenching wail.

Shushan.

The Sect Leader was calmly eating roast lamb, This might be the last moment of his life, but he didn't care at all.

The previous waves of disciples who went had all ended in failure; even Shushan's proud Senior Disciple had been tempted by evil thoughts at the last moment.

The Sect Leader's mood was extremely complex.

In truth, who truly wanted to die? But if the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord wasn't killed, Shushan's reputation would be tarnished.

Alas, if that brat knew that killing the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord would also mean I would die.

I'm afraid Li Xuanxiao would absolutely not be able to do it.

The Sect Leader still remembered the scene of carrying the gravely ill Li Xuanxiao back from the foot of the mountain; if not for him, Li Xuanxiao would probably have died long ago.

Li Xuanxiao grew up in Shushan, and besides his master, he was closest to me, the Grand Ancestor.

Everyone in Shushan knew how much the Sect Leader doted on Li Xuanxiao.

That brat valued loyalty immensely; I was probably equivalent to a grandfather figure in his heart, amiable and kind.

Thinking of this, the Sect Leader shook his head.

That brat absolutely wouldn't be able to do it.

But in a while longer, the sealed box probably wouldn't be able to suppress the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord anymore.

Perhaps he should change his approach; he shouldn't have Shushan disciples do this.

After all, once the Shushan disciples knew that killing the Heaven Devouring Demon Lord meant killing their Sect Leader, none of them would be able to go through with it.

He was deeply loved by everyone, amiable and kind, treating every Shushan disciple like his own child...

At this moment, the Sect Leader's five disciples walked in.

The five disciples saw the Sect Leader eating roast lamb unharmed and were not surprised at all.

"Counting the days, Li Xuanxiao should have already reached the location of the Three Lights Divine Water."

"Alas, Xuanxiao is too young; I'm afraid he can't bear this great responsibility."

"Yes, not to mention how deep Xuanxiao's bond is with the Sect Leader."

"..."

"Disciple Li Xuanxiao, I request the Sect Leader to meet his death!!"

The five disciples were speaking in hushed tones.

Just then, a voice resounded through the heavens, like rolling thunder.

The Sect Leader looked up, his face showing a look of shock.

An invisible, powerful force surged like a tide, engulfing him in the blink of an eye.

Instantly, the Sect Leader's body began to tremble violently.

Sect Leader: (⊙o⊙)...

Immediately after, the Sect Leader's soul began to dissolve under the erosion of this mysterious power, dissipating rapidly like ice and snow meeting a raging fire.

In just a moment, the Shushan Sect Leader's soul completely vanished from this world, leaving behind only a dead silence and the terrified gazes of everyone present...

Central Divine Continent, Year 21 of Da Bao.

Shushan Sect Leader, deceased.